AMMAN —
National Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases Centre (NEIDC) presented its strategic
axes for 2023–2025 on Sunday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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Speaking at the meeting held at
NEIDC's headquarters, NEIDC head Raeda Qutob said
that joint efforts have come “a long way” in terms of COVID-19 recovery in the
Kingdom.
“The
COVID-19 pandemic will not be
the last crisis," she added, noting that various public health disasters
have broken out globally in the last few years. This, she added, could happen
once again at any time.
New disasters with risks that may
threaten human lives, infrastructure, and economies, depending on their impact,
are a possibility, she added.
Citing the above reasons,
Qutob emphasized the necessity of the center.
StrategyThe 2023–2025 strategy outlines a roadmap for the center
and its partner sectors for the next three years, said Qutob. It falls in line
with advanced health developments and the NEIDC's importance in dealing with
pandemics, diseases, and any threats affecting public health.
The strategy aims to enhance NEIDC's role as an essential body concerned with
preparedness to confront pandemics, diseases, and health threats. It also plans
to prevent and control their occurrence and mitigate their impacts, the NEIDC said
in a statement.
It will also focus on bolstering Jordan's health security and support the availability
and integration of high-quality monitoring data to guide national
evidence-based public health practices and policies.
The strategy also seeks to support an effective lab network and to back
research, development efforts, and capacity-building for public health in
disease and pandemics fields, the statement added.
The meeting took place in the presence of the ministers of
health, agriculture, environment, water and irrigation, digital economy and
entrepreneurship, and the National Centre for Security and Crisis Management.
NEIDC's establishment came in multiple stages and required an
"unprecedented" effort, she said. In addition to efforts with
workers, the establishment of the center also required cooperation with all
concerned ministries.
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